Eddie Hobbs- 30 Things..SSIA

wyndham

Watched the first half hour of this and could stand it no longer. Hobbs has turned into a parody of himself. The first 20 minutes or so was consumed with an anti-government rant. What could have been an informative investment programme in a prime slot has been wasted by this fool.

Sarsfield

I posted my views on this thread

The programme was farcical with the one or two pieces of good information most likely lost in all the garbage.

Whether or not it makes good investment sense, I can't believe his first actual recommendation was a gold ETF. :eek: That's not exactly entry-level investment. And is was squeesed in somewhere between getting elected and having a sex change :rolleyes:

KNO3

Sarsfield wrote:

I posted my views on this thread
I can't believe his first actual recommendation was a gold ETF. :eek: That's not exactly entry-level investment. And is was squeesed in somewhere between getting elected and having a sex change :rolleyes:

Agreed, nearly fell off my chair when i heard this (well not quite) not exactly an investment for the average punter I would have thought.

Overall I thought the programme was poor.

Sonnenblumen

Perhaps a little low on investment tips, well if you were Eddie Hobbs, you'd be slow to broadcast your tips and leave your books catching dust on bookshop shelves!

At times I thought it was very funny and I loved the skits around the goldfish Irish investors!! No brains but eyes + mouth wide open!

Welcome to the Klondike Irish style!!

patsyh

pure dung, his attemps at comedy were terrible

Blackjack

Sonnenblumen wrote:

Perhaps a little low on investment tips, well if you were Eddie Hobbs, you'd be slow to broadcast your tips and leave your books catching dust on bookshop shelves!

Not sure I'd agree with that. If you give people a taste, they come back for more. If they don't think that the little they've heard you say is worthwhile, what chance do you have of them buying your book?.

el diablo

patsyh wrote:

pure dung, his attemps at comedy were terrible

I agree. it's getting embarrassing now. especially the ads promoting it....:rolleyes:

Sonnenblumen

Blackjack wrote:

Not sure I'd agree with that. If you give people a taste, they come back for more. If they don't think that the little they've heard you say is worthwhile, what chance do you have of them buying your book?.

I think the target audience is principally novice investors but primarily housewives. This show will go from strength to strength, and its success will not be judged on quality of financial advice provided but numbers of viewers.

He has already exceeded the viewership for Late Late Show, and like the other ARE TEE E institution The AreTeeE Guide, the biggest selling mag, nobody claims to read it but who is buying it???

Raskolnikov

Sarsfield wrote:

I posted my views on this thread

The programme was farcical with the one or two pieces of good information most likely lost in all the garbage.

Whether or not it makes good investment sense, I can't believe his first actual recommendation was a gold ETF. :eek: That's not exactly entry-level investment. And is was squeesed in somewhere between getting elected and having a sex change :rolleyes:

Did he not say though that in the first episode he would be concentrating on High Risk, High Return (ie, silly) investments?

Bateman

Maybe it will get more serious as it goes along, but I doubt it. How many people are going to lump into something they saw on the TV anyway?

Car Mad

i liked his idea of the great big pissup on the wine that cost 14k like

Sarsfield

Raskolnikov wrote:

Did he not say though that in the first episode he would be concentrating on High Risk, High Return (ie, silly) investments?

I'd see a sex change as high risk, low return. In fact I'd be guaranteed to end up with less than I started with - a LOT less

bomb_thrower

Just watched the 2nd episode after missing the first one. What a load of crud. Apart from the good intro where he's running down a street in suit & tie in Trainspotting mode, not funny at all and I couldn't really tell with that accent if he was being serious or not at times. Very frustrating. These scenarios he setup in shopping malls polling people were ridiculous. He asks one set how'd they feel having a Dublin accent!!?? I thought this was going to be a proper examination of the investment opportunities done in a mildly humourous way.

Dammit when it comes to the 20k I'm going to get in a few months I want half-decent advice delivered in a serious manner (yes, add a little humour as well), not getting the opinions of buck-toothed single Dublin mothers or explaining the benefits of investing it in your funeral. They should've got David Mcwilliams or someone to do it. At least Id be able to understand his accent and he'd deal with the options sensibly. Hopefully the last episode will be better but not holding out too much on that.

wyndham

What was number 1? I couldn't bear to watch his ****e.

Idleater

wyndham wrote:

What was number 1? I couldn't bear to watch his ****e.

To Go "Find Yourself".
:rolleyes:
L.

BendiBus

Eddie Hobbs should go 'find himself'

Sonnenblumen

BendiBus wrote:

Eddie Hobbs should go 'find himself'

I heard it can be confusing to be suddenly smothered in money. Not a bad earner for one guy. Mind boggle swhat you experts earn?

el diablo

yeah, it was a load of crap. I think people are losing interest in Hobbs and he seems to be more interest in being a comedian rather than a financial analyst. hopefully we won't see him on TV again .....